PARIS, Aug 8: Elephants snatched from the wild and conscripted to haul logs in Myanmar’s timber industry live on average five years less than working elephants born in captivity, researchers said Tuesday.
Published On: August 8, 2018 11:30 AM NPT By: Agencies |WORLDKATHMANDU, Aug 8: The Nepal National and International Players Association (NNIPA) has expressed strong reservation over the sudden sacking of assistant coach of national football team Raju Kaji Shakya from his duties.
Published On: August 8, 2018 09:57 AM NPT By: Republica |SPORTSMore than 70,000 people have been left homeless in the deadly earthquake that hit Lombok island, forced to sleep in makeshift shelters and lacking food, medicine and clean water, authorities said Wednesday.
Published On: August 8, 2018 11:00 AM NPT By: AFP/RSS |WORLDMore than 70,000 people have been left homeless in the deadly earthquake that hit Lombok island, forced to sleep in makeshift shelters and lacking food, medicine and clean water, authorities said Wednesday.
Published On: August 8, 2018 11:00 AM NPT By: AFP/RSS |WORLDIn its latest act of diplomatic retaliation against Canada, the Saudi Arabian government canceled scholarships for thousands of Saudi students studying in Canada and ordered them to come home.
Published On: August 8, 2018 10:30 AM NPT By: Agencies |WORLDKATHMANDU: The stock market moved slightly higher at the morning session on Tuesday. Despite gaining 3 points initially, the benchmark Nepal Stock Exchange (Nepse) index trimmed its initial gains and eventually closed 1.46.......
Published On: August 8, 2018 09:47 AM NPT By: Republica |ECONOMYBIRGUNJ, Aug 8: Nepal Communist Party (NCP) leader Pushpa Kamal Dahal has stated that it was the responsibility of the government to create environment conducive to usher in economic prosperity in the country.
Published On: August 8, 2018 09:49 AM NPT By: Ritesh Tripathi |ECONOMYKATHMANDU, Aug 8: A meeting of Central Secretariat of Nepal Communist Party is ongoing at the Prime Minister's residence, Baluwatar. The meeting is likely to discuss resignation of Narayan Kaji Shrestha as the party’s spokesperson.......
Published On: August 8, 2018 09:36 AM NPT |POLITICSKATHMANDU, Aug 8: Nepal Chamber of Commerce (NCC) has decided to withdraw its membership from the Federation of Nepalese Chambers of Commerce and Industries (FNCCI). The ‘cold-war’ between the two private sector organizations.......
Published On: August 8, 2018 09:23 AM NPT By: Republica |ECONOMYKUALA LUMPUR, Aug 8: Former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak pleaded not guilty to three charges of money laundering brought against him on Wednesday.
Published On: August 8, 2018 10:00 AM NPT By: Reuters |WORLDCHITWAN, Aug 8: Four passengers were killed and another 17 injured in an accident at Chitwan at 11 PM yesterday night.
Published On: August 8, 2018 09:17 AM NPT By: Republica |SOCIETYWASHINGTON, Aug 8: The United States will begin collecting 25 percent tariffs on another $16 billion in Chinese goods on Aug. 23, the U.S. Trade Representative’s office said on Tuesday as it published a final tariff list.......
Published On: August 8, 2018 09:08 AM NPT By: Reuters |ECONOMYKATHMANDU, Aug 8: A Nepali passport holder, Madhu Ghimire, reached Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi on August 1 along with his wife to fly to Manila via Singapore. Immigration officials at the airport informed.......
Published On: August 8, 2018 08:51 AM NPT By: Republica |SOCIETYKATHMANDU, Aug 8: It has come to light that government officials intentionally deferred for 17 months the testing of the main canal at Sikta Irrigation Project after formally taking over the project from the contractor.
Published On: August 8, 2018 08:42 AM NPT By: RUDRA PANGENI/RUDRA KHADKA |SOCIETYKATHMANDU, Aug 8: The main opposition party, Nepali Congress (NC), has concluded that the Parliamentary Hearings Committee (PHC) rejected the nomination of Deepak Raj Joshee as chief justice as per the directive of Prime.......
Published On: August 8, 2018 08:38 AM NPT By: Republica |POLITICSKATHMANDU, Aug 8: The death in a “police encounter” Monday of two persons who allegedly kidnapped and killed 11-year-old Nishan Khadka at Kadaghari, has become a subject of controversy, with reports suggesting that the encounter.......
Published On: August 8, 2018 08:26 AM NPT By: Republica |SOCIETYKATHMANDU, Aug 8: The Constitutional Council (CC) is likely to meet on Wednesday in order to select the new chief justice (CJ).
Published On: August 8, 2018 08:23 AM NPT By: Republica |POLITICSDAILEKH, Aug 8: Clearing the forest for the 900 MW Upper Karnali Hydropower Project has faced obstruction from the locals despite getting green signal from the council of ministers on August 15, 2017.
Published On: August 8, 2018 08:21 AM NPT By: Govinda KC |SOCIETYKATHMANDU, Aug 8: Concerned over the provision of community service for war criminals involved in serious human rights violations, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has suggested to the government to ensure a provision.......
Published On: August 8, 2018 08:19 AM NPT By: Republica |POLITICSKATHMANDU, Aug 8: Ambassador of Nepal to Vietnam Khaga Nath Adhikari presented his Letters of Credence to President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam Tran Dai Quang in Hanoi on Tuesday.
Published On: August 8, 2018 08:17 AM NPT By: Republica |POLITICS